SPFL they’d be making the game elitist if they ever voted to get rid of Livingston’s plastic pitch. Lions boss Martindale will welcome Celtic to the only artificial surface in the top flight at the Tony Macaroni Arena on Sunday.
With a review of the SPFL underway, astroturf pitches could be on the agenda and that prospect has Martindale bristling. He is adamant his club simply cannot afford to revert to grass.If a motion was put forward to outlaw plastic surfaces, a vote of 9-3 in favour would take it to the rest of the clubs in the country, where a 75 per cent majority would be required to push through any change.Martindale said: “If you take it out of the league, you’re turning it into elitism football.“We can’t afford a new £1million.
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